Trunk.



N. GOLDSMITH.

TRUNK.

APPLIGATION FILED 0GT.8, 1912.

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NATHAN GOLDSMITH, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

TRUNK.

Application filed October 8, 1912.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NATHAN GoLnsMrrH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain Improvements in Trunks, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of this invention are to provide in combination with a trunk a table which will fold readily and compactly into the trunk when the same is closed and can be extended or opened up into position for use when the trunk is open; to provide such a table which will be strong and steady and of a neat appearance; to secure simplicity of construction and operation, and to obtain other advantages and results as may be brought out in the following description.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals of reference indicate the same parts throughout the several views, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my invention showing the trunk open and the table extended ready for use; Fig. 2 is a sectional view of a portion of Fig. 1 with the table closed or folded thereinto, the section being taken vertically just inside the front wall of the trunk, Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a table applied to the tray of a trunk and opened into extended position for use.

In the specific embodiment of the invention illustrated in said drawings, and especially Figs. 1 and 2 thereof, a wardrobe trunk 1 is there shown, in one section 2 of which is a transverse partition 3, which, when the trunk is stood upon its end, is at a height suitable for a dressing table. Of course it will be appreciated that, when the trunk is stood on end, should its upper end be at the right height, the use of the partition 3 might be dispensed with, the said end of the trunk being utilized instead.

The table 4 provided by my invention folds into the trunk section 2, below the partition 3 asshown in said Figs. 1 and 2, being pivotally secured thereto at one end by any suitable means adapted to accomplish the purpose. In the drawings I have shown hinges 5 secured to the underside of the partition 3 at its outer edge, and also secured to the end of the table top, which pivotally support the table 4 at one end. The other end of the table is provided with a pair of legs 6,- 6, which are hinged at Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 14, 1913.

Serial No. 724,543.

their upper ends, as at 7, to the underside of said table. Although I have shown the table hinged to the partition and the legs as to support the table in a horizontal position when placed upon a floor or the like.

In order to prevent accidental pivotal movement of the legs 6, 6 upon their hinges 7 a detent or catch 8 is provided upon the bottom of the table to retain the said legs in perpendicular relation thereto. The detent here shown comprises a leaf spring secured to the table at its end 9 away from the legs and tending to spring away from the table, whereby a notch in its side away from the table and near its end engages upon a transverse rail 10 connecting the legs.

As preferably constructed, the table 5 has drawers 11, as shown, and likewise has hinged upon the upper back edge, a mirror 12, the top of the table being recessed as at 13 for the reception of said mirror when folded down, thereby providing greater compactness for traveling. The recessed portion 13 into which the mirror folds, may be provided with suitable pockets, (not shown) for the convenient transportation of manicure instruments or other articles, when desired.

For traveling purposes, the drawers may be utilized for packing purposes, as the user sees fit, and when ready to close for shipment the mirror 12 is folded down into its recess 13, the detent 8 is raised to disengage the rail so that the legs may be folded against the bottom of the table, and then the table is swung upon its hinges 5 into the trunk section 2. In order to economize space, the table, with the legs folded against the same, is preferably made of a thickness corresponding to the depth of thetrunk section, so as to fill the same completely (see Fig. 2), but if it should be found desirable, the table might be made of less thickness or perfectly plain with neither drawers nor mirror, and the space used otherwise. Furthermore it is not necessary to support the table, on the trunk body, but as shown in Fig. 3, a table 15 may be supported at its one end by the tray 16 of a trunk, the table being the same relation to its trunk section 16 as the previously described table 5 bears to its trunk section 2. That is to say, the table 15 may be pivotally connected to one end of the tray 16, as shown in Fig. 3, or it may be aivoted to a partition intermediate of the en s of the tray. In either case, the table folds into the tray, andthe tray, either when in the trunk 'or removed therefrom, provides an end support for the table.

lVhether the table is applied to the tray or directly to the trunk body, I supply a compact and neat arrangement which will lend itself to the greater convenience of the traveler in providing him a table which can be utilized for any purpose to which tables are ordinarily adapted by well-known variations in details of form and construction.

Having thus described the i'nVe'nt-iomwhat I claim as new is z 1. The combination with a trunk member adapted to assume an endwise position extending upward from the :floor, of a table member small enough to be contained by the trunk in closed relation to that part of said trunk member which is its lower part when the trunk member is standing upright on end, means for connecting one end of said table member to said trunk member at an upper part o'f the same when stood upright, legs pivoted to the other end of said table member to fold against its bottom, and means for releasably holding said legs extended to cooperate in holding the trunk member upright when the table member is in substantially horizontal position.

2. The combination with a trunk member adapted to assume an endwise position extending upward from the floor, of a table member hingedly connected at one end tosaid trunk member at an upper part of the same when the trunk member is stood upright on end and adapted to swing downward into closed relation to the lower part of said trunk member, legs pivoted to the other end of said table member to told against its bottom, and means for releasably holding said legs extended to and cooper ate in holding the trunk member upright when the table member is in substantially horizontal position.

3. The combination with a trunk member adapted to assume an endwise position extending upward from the floor and having a transverse partition nearer its upper end, of a table member small enough to be contained in the lower part of said trunk mem her when the trunk member is stood upright on end, means connecting one end of said table member to said partition so as to'swing upward to substantially horizontal position, legs pivoted to the other end of said table member to fold against its bottom, and means for 'releasably holding said legs extended to "cooperate in holc'lin'g the trunk iember upright.

NATHAN GOLDSMITH.

lVitnesses HOWARD KING, NELLIE C. GOTHB'ERG.

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